"piggery" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-piggery.ogg [US] Forms: piggeries [plural]
Etymology: pig + -ery Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pig|ery}} pig + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun}} piggery (plural piggeries)
  1. A place, such as a farm, where pigs are kept or raised. Translations (A place where pigs are kept or raised): urigan (Bikol Central), свинарник (svinarnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sikala (Finnish), porcherie (French), disznóól (Hungarian), cró muc [masculine] (Irish), cró muice [masculine] (Irish), сви́њарник (svínjarnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), пра́сарник (prásarnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), ко́чина (kóčina) [feminine] (Macedonian), свина́рник (svinárnik) [masculine] (Russian), babuyan (Tagalog), domuz ahırı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-piggery-en-noun-Lnl2-vcT Disambiguation of 'A place where pigs are kept or raised': 94 6
  2. Piggish behaviour. Categories (topical): Agriculture Categories (lifeform): Pigs Translations (Piggish behaviour): свинщина (svinština) [feminine] (Bulgarian), свиња́рија (svinjárija) [feminine] (Macedonian), kebabian (Malay), طوڭوزلق (doñuzluk) (Ottoman Turkish), сви́нство (svínstvo) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-piggery-en-noun-LvV7wtT5 Disambiguation of Agriculture: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pigs: 39 61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ery Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ery: 35 65 Disambiguation of 'Piggish behaviour': 2 98

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